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DRACUNCULUS. (Dragon Arum.) Flowers 1 foot long, 

 purple, red, and black-blue; stem beautifully marbled; 

 leaves, handsome, resembling a small palm; a rapid 

 grower, making a curious and ornamental pot plant. 10c. 

 each; $1.00 doz.; $8.00 per 100. 



Cornutum, or Red Calla. A very handsome Arum with red 

 flowers spotted with black; stems curiously mottled green 

 and white; foliage palm-like and very handsome; a 

 showy pot plant for winter decoration. 12c. each; $1.25 

 doz.; $9.00 per 100. 



Sanctum, or Black Calla. The plant produces one large 

 flower the shape of a Calla, but from 14 t'j IN inches long 

 and 4 inches broad, of a rich, dark purple color and green 

 underneath. The spathe rising from the center of the 

 flower is about 10 inches long, velvet-like and quite black. The leaves are large and of a rich green color, and 

 resemble those of the Calla Ethiopica. Large bulbs. 12c. each; $12.") doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



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BABIANA. 



A charming genus bearing spikes of flowers, characterized 

 by the striking contrast of distinct hues in the same flower; 

 they vary in color from the richest carmine to the brightest 

 blue; many of them being sweet-scented. They are not 

 hardy north of Washington. Five or six bulbs in a five-inch 

 pot make lovely specimens. Height. 6 to 9 inches. Mixed 

 Varieties. 5c. each; 40c. doz.; $3.00 per 100. or delivered 

 $3.25 per 100. 



BRODIAEA. 



Showy, half-hardy California bulbs, with red, blue, or 

 white tubular flowers, borne in clusters on stems 1 to 2 feet 

 high. They may be grown in the greenhouse or cold frame, 

 or if planted out in spring in clumps or masses they flower 

 very freely in June or July. Mixed Varieties. 23c. doz.. 

 $1.50 per 100, or delivered,' $1.75 per 100. 



Bulbocodium Vernum. 



SPPJNG COLCHICUM OP, MEADOW SAFFKON. 



A charming early spring-blooming plant, in flower two 

 weeks before the Crocus producing masses of rose-purple 

 flowers, very beautiful for edgings and patches here and 

 there. Clumps of them dug up and potted in the winter 

 and placed in a sunny window will soon be a mass of bloom, 

 oc. each; 50c. doz.; $4.00 per 100, or delivered 73c. doz., 

 $4.75 per 100. 



BLOOD ROOT. 



(Sanguinaria Canadensis Major.) A large-flowering 

 improved variety of our native " Blood Root." A fine. 

 hardy, spring-blooming, low-growing plant for shady beds, 

 handsome leaves, large pure white flowers. Height, 6 inches; 

 8c. each; 85c. doz.; $6.00 per 100, or delivered for $1 15 

 doz.. $8.00 per 100. 



Camassia Esculenta. 



(INDIAN QJJAMASH) 



Perfectly hardy, thriving in sheltered and partially shady- 

 situations; the stout flower stalks grow from 2 to 3 feet 

 high, and bear 20 or more large blue flowers, each 2 inches 

 across; a large clump in bloom is very effective. 20c. doz.; 

 $1.25 per 100; or delivered $1.50 per 100. 



CALOCHORTUS, 



or Mariposa Tulips. 



These famous Californian flowers possess much delicacy 

 and brilliancy of coloring. They somewhat resemble a 

 Tulip in shape, and are of many colors, shades and markings. 

 Planted in May in the open border, they flower in June and 

 July. They also succeed admirably planted in the fall in a 

 cold frame. Mixed Calochortus. 4c. each. 40c. doz.; $2.50 

 per 100. 



Colchium, See Crocus, page 19. 



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DRUMMONDI. 



These make excellent pot plants for winter 

 flowering and force well, or the bulbs can 

 be kept dry and be planted out in the garden 

 in the spring, where a clump of bulbs planted 

 close together will bloom from May to Sep- 

 tember; the flowers are star-shaped, pure 

 white, half an inch a;ross. with long tubes, 

 and emitting a delicious primrose-like odor 

 in the evening. 40c. per doz., $3.00 per 100 

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Growing bulbs in fibre is an interesting;, easy, and cleanly method of flowering them in the house in Winter. See page 66. 



